The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-28

Many are Young Untn Robert Raikes
came there was no organized effort for
saving the young. We speRt Sll our strength
trying to bend old trees, when little
press are would have been sufficient for the
sapling. We iet men go down to the very
bottom of sin before We try to lift them up
ft ts s great deal easier to keep train on
the track than 30 get it on when it Is OF.
The experienced reinsrsan checks the fiery
steed at the first jump, for sgben he gets
fill swing, the swift hoofs clicking ire
from the pavement and the bit between his
teeth, his momentum is irresistible. 1t IS
said that the young must be allowed TO sow
their 'svvild oats" / have noticed that
those who sow their wild oats seldom try
TO raise any other crop.
went through the heaviest snow-storm
have ever known to see dying girl. Her
Cheek on the pillow was as white as the
snow on Che easement. Her large round
eye had not lost any of its Fster. Loved
ones stood all around the bed trying to
hold her back. Her mother cCpld not give
her ups her father could not give her up,
and one nearer to her than either father or
mother was frantic with grief. I said:
uFaunv, how do you feel2'' rob" she
SAYS, happy, happy, Mr.. Talmage. Tell
all the young Selss that religion will make
them happy"
AS I came out of the room, louder
Eldn iii bu6 SOuS etLiNA WSiAAAoS "a cAA~A3
heard the sweet, clear voice of the dying
girl: "Good night; we shall meet again
on the other side OF the river" The next
Sabbath we buried her We brought white
flowers and laid them on the coffin. There
was in all that crowded church but one
really happy and delighted face, and that
was the face Of Fanny. o, wish that to-
day my Lord Jesus would go through this
audience and take ali these hoFteFs efyeutb
and gatlatrd them on His brow.
But while greet fiock this day comes to
the dove-cOte of mercy, the largest flock IS
going the other way 1t is very easy
thing to tame doves. Go out with hand1
full of corn TO feed pigeons and they Will
fly on your shoulders and hands, so tame
are they. God has fei those who are before
me with "the finest of wheat" and yet you
have flown from Him all your lives long;
you have taken your clothes out OF lis
wardrobe and your bread out of His hands.
Gods spirit will not always strive. In
the morning you have gone Out, after Sc
we're night, and seen the birds dead on the
snow; so; after awhile, Gods mercy Will
cease, and the earth win be covered with
the bodies of those who pefished in the
storm. That storm is coming; it will shivf
er the mast of pride; it Will drive into
the white reefs of death every cargo OF sin.
The cedars Of the mountain will split in the
hurricane, and the islands shall be moved
Oub OF Tnelr places, anu Tue COItituGHJS SIAtAlA
be rent assunder and the hemisphere shall
whirl like a top II the fury Of that day.
The mountains will be blasted and the
beasts, in alright, be pitched from the cliffs
in an avalanche of terror. The dead shall
rush forth FROM their sepUlchres to see
what is the NATTER and 5ll those who de-
spise God shall horribly perish.
Now, do you suppose that l can stand
here and know that that day is coming
without telling you about itl Ny last rest
ing place will probably be near yours.
What if, when get up in the resurrection
day; / should see you rushing at me across
the lots Of the cemetery and hear you cry:
''Why did you not tell me of thisl If 1t
lad not been for your neglect I should have
been on the way to glory" l can not pre-
pare myself for such a CONSERVATION
"Can you telI me how far it is to hellF"
said a young man, as, On Sunday, on horse
back, he dashed past a goCd Christian
deacon. At the next turn in the road the
horse threw she scofing rider, and he was
dead. He wanted 20 know how far it was
to hell, and found out with9pt the deacon's
telling him.
So thou art mounted on q swift steed,
whose ho0f5 strike fire from the pavement
as he dashes past, and JON cry out: "hoW
far is it to ruinl" answer: "EeaF, very
nearp'
Perhaps this very day
Thy last accepted time may be;
Oh shOuldst thou gTieve Him now away,
Then hope may never beam on thee
Oh that my Lord God would bring you
now to see your sin and to fly from it; and
your duty, and help you do it, so that when
the last great terror of earth shall spread
its two black wings, and clutch with its
b oody talons for thy soul, it can not hurt
thee, for thou art safe in the warm dove
cots of a Savlour's mercyi
Come ii come iui
Eternal glory shalt thou vim